Episode 286 - Squadvandronguards

Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

#286th for 29nd May, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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Squad Update:

• (Insert snarky dig at Bloomingwind by Oblivious)

• BGS still exists and hasn’t change much since last week

• We may want to attempt another try to take back Miola since BBfA appears to have taken it successfully from PPMC

• There are a couple of other systems we may want to take back

• 7 Alpha Lacertae influence has been hanging at 2.8% like a booger on a 3 year old’s nose

• Standing orders still happen in discord for those who cares.

PowerPlay Update: -

Cycle 31 -

• Undermining is taking a huge leap this week

• Grom and Archer seem to be on the defense the most

• Sol received over 1.7 mil undermining against Archer, Alpha Centauri demoted from fortified

• Grom Bhil Mina, Skeggiko O, and LFT 926 heavy undermining 2/3 demoted to exploited

• Is the Alliance known as ZYADA holding?

• "The Elite Powerplay community is seeing unprecedented levels of undermining and acquisition volume in the past few weeks. Yuri Grom is actively resisting, and will continue to do so. We have also asked Frontier to review the activity, in the event that these abnormally high levels of undermining are not the result of legitimate gameplay, and encourage players in other powers to do the same.” - Yuri Grom Spokesperson

• “[...] We'd be happy to celebrate if it was any public community effort but with what PP2 currently seems to be in practice, we have reason to worry even for our enemies.” - Aisling Duval Spokesperson

• No New Powerplay Orders for LSN this week, stay tuned

Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints

Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

• Rising Tensions Between Galactic Powers

Dev News:

• FU - Twitch Drop Paint Jobs for the Asp Scout and Vette and Vanguards Preview 1

• CG - You can get two sets of useless double engineered power distributors if you’re in the top 75% of the losing team because folks who don’t care about the outcome have waited and sided with the winner

• Vanguard (Officially) Is a revamp of squadrons, making them more like “guilds” in other MMOs.

Discussion:

• Chig Asks - Something about pips

Community Corner:

• Roy’s Stories, DS3 Edition, Season 2

upvote this and add your voice. It’s like 30 weeks in. That’s at least 29 weeks late on the fix. The issue has expired and been reposted more than once. Make them pay attention. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/70594